June 1, 2003
Cover Story
Gag Rules?
AS CME PROVIDERS, we should be able to use the best and the brightest to develop educational content. If we are to disqualify these physicians based on...
Checkup
Do It Right
IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT about how important CME guidelines are to the government, check out the Office of Inspector General's new guidance for pharmaceutical...
Feedback
Letters to the Editor
Missed Opportunity Dear Editor: I appreciate your mentioning the activity of the Specialty Society Provider Section in your editorial in the March/April...
CME
Bioterror CME: Focus on Kids
EXPERTS WARN THAT doctors aren't getting the education they need to treat children in the event of a bioterrorism attack and that medical facilities may...
OIG ISSUES FINAL PHARMA GUIDANCE
At press time, the Office of Inspector General issued its final compliance program guidance for pharmaceutical manufacturers, available at www.oig.hhs.gov....
Pediatric Bioterror Bookmarks
www.aafp.org/btresponse.xml The American Academy of Family Physicians' Web site on bioterrorism provides education materials, terrorism updates, preparedness...
AMA Global Rules Raise Concerns
The American Medical Association's new international activity approval program, which went into effect February 1, stipulates that medical education providers...
Enhancing CME Performance
AS THE CARTOON CHARACTER Pogo once said, We is faced with insurmountable opportunities. This is a time of change for the CME community and a time when...
Measuring Outcomes, Quickly
IT'S 8 P.M. ON SUNDAY NIGHT, and my phone rings. It's from a CMEer who we will call Jim. Jim is running an activity on Monday but has no way to collect...
5 Steps to Better Outcomes
We don't always stop to think about doing things differently. Typically, we know what the topic is, we have the faculty, and we put them up there to speak....
SARS Hits Spring Meetings
THE BIGGEST NON-HUMAN casualty of severe acute respiratory syndrome's spread this spring was the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting,...
We Won't Always Have Paris
In addition to SARS, the war and anti-American sentiment in Europe affected international meeting plans. The American Radium Society did some fancy footwork...
Meeting Management
Don't Count on Cancellation Insurance
Edgy meeting planners looking to hedge their bets might think twice if they expect cancellation insurance to cover some of their current challenges. Contrary...
Cancellation Insurance Providers
Showstoppers Association Event Cancellation Insurance Aon Association Serviceswww.asae-aon.com(800) 424-8830 ext. 333; Contact: Eileen Hoffman ExpoplusCCI...
How to Unplan a Meeting
AS MEDICAL MEETING planners, we take enormous pride in our ability to orchestrate complex meetings with perfect attention to the tiniest detail. But sometimes,...
meeting FINDER
October 1-4 Rancho Mirage, CA Annual Mtg. of the Amer. Soc. of Head & Neck Radiology. Info: www.ashnr.org, (630) 574-0220 1-4 Miami Beach, FL Annual Mtg....
Rx for Visa Hassles
ABOUT 1,000 OVERSEAS physicians opted out of last fall's American Society for Microbiology meeting in San Diego. Normally, approximately 55 percent of...
Sites & Venues
D.C. Opens New Center
The new, 2.3 million-square-foot Washington, D.C. Convention Center opened on schedule in March. The largest building in Washington and one of the 10...
PROPERTY News
IN LAGUNA BEACH, CALIF., Montage Resort & Spa opened in February. The 262-room resort is sited on 30 beachfront acres, and offers a 20,000-square-foot...
Second Opinion
Meanings Beyond Measure
IN THE LAST ISSUE, I PONTIFICATED about the importance of tracking behavior changes CME providers and other medical meeting professionals make as a result...
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